Switching Platforms

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

I made the switch this year and have had no regrets. I believe i mentioned this when we were at the Carthay last month, but I get a special tingly thrill every time my new computer (Macbook Air) boots up in 12 seconds.

Tell me more about your MacBook Air, while coveting the 13" MacBook Pro, a sales rep suggested the air might be more than adequate to meet my needs and save me some cash.

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Tell me more about your MacBook Air

My home use would not qualify me as anybody's 'power user'. All simple stuff... music, movies, some note taking, a few spreadsheets, photos and light gaming - RCT3 just released for OSX!!!

For those uses, I am completely satisfied. It is quick as a rabbit and silent as the grave, thought RCT does kick the fan on. It's the first app to do so. The package is light, thin, a breeze to travel with.

What it has done is integrated my 'stuff' across all my devices in a way that wasn't possible from a Windows pc so that's been fun to discover.

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

while coveting the 13" MacBook Pro, a sales rep suggested the air might be more than adequate to meet my needs and save me some cash.

Depends. Airs don't have the higher-end (Retina) displays.

Are you convinced you want a laptop? If I had it to do over, I might go with a Mini AND a Time Capsule. That would replace your current setup nicely, integrate everything and give you network backup you didn't have before... for less money.